While more than half of Republicans think the United States should temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country, nearly 60 percent of all Americans think we should not bar them from entry, according to a national CBS News poll released Friday.
Fifty-eight percent of Americans said the U.S. “should not ban” Muslims from other countries from entering the country. Forty-six percent also opposed a federal database of Muslims in the country.
These results are similar to a poll from NBC/WSJ released Thursday, in which 57 percent of respondents opposed the proposed ban.
Despite 54 percent support among Republicans for a temporary ban, 51 percent of GOPers also said such a ban goes against the country’s “founding principles.”
A ban on Muslims entering the country would have no effect on Americans’ safety from terrorism, according to 46 percent of CBS News poll respondents.
The poll was conducted among 1,011 adults from Dec. 9-10 by cell phones and landlines in Spanish and English with a margin of error of 4 percentage points. There were 304 Republicans surveyed with a margin of error of 6 percentage points.
And that is why this Republican Party will lose the 2016 presidential election. The former Republican Party is in panic. They know they are doomed and think by derailing Trump they can save the day. There is no saving this Party unless it undergoes a complete makeover and get in sinc with the rest of the country and the world, for that matter.
Well DUH!.. of course they support tRump. He’s political reality TV… Bring in HoneyBooHoo and DickDynasty crew along on the campaign trail and music provided by Ted the DrawerNuger…
Precisely. The “issues” that they have made the center pieces of this campaign are all big losers for them in the General. Just imagine if this one issue was the defining issue of the General election. 58% for Hilary? That would result in a Electoral College blow out.
And its not the only issue. Demonizing Hispanics, Asians, Blacks,Women…is going to cost them dearly. And quite literally, these are the issues that have dominated their campaign. They get one of them off the front pages, only to replace it with another equally unacceptable to the majority of Americans.
Sum up the poll numbers of the whackest top 3 candidates in their field, and it is pretty close to this 54% mark.
… but, of course, it’s just a coincidence, yeah.
This surprises anyone?
These are the people who screamed at people in wheelchairs during the ACA town halls 6 years ago.